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Banff Trophy, J.B. Cross Dominion Slalom
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbec.06.05
- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- bronze
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.06.05
- Description
- This trophy has a man skiing on the top. The man skiing is wearing a hat, jacket and pants and has two ski poles in hand. Under the skier is a section of bronze that represents the snow and ground. The base of this trophy is round and the skier on the top is heading in the left direction with one …
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- Title
- Banff Trophy, J.B. Cross Dominion Slalom
- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- This trophy has a man skiing on the top. The man skiing is wearing a hat, jacket and pants and has two ski poles in hand. Under the skier is a section of bronze that represents the snow and ground. The base of this trophy is round and the skier on the top is heading in the left direction with one ski partially lifted in the back.
- Credit
- Gift of J. L. King, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.06.05
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Caribou Hunt, Bird Hunt
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.08.11%20a%2cb
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.11 a,b
- Description
- hunting scenes; appliqued figures; (a) Bird Hunt (46.0x69.0) white background; bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 2 hunters, pink and black, with blue weapons; one hunter pulling 2 pink fish; blue bird on black patch; tail and back legs of animal with black patch brc; blue k…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Caribou Hunt, Bird Hunt
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Description
- hunting scenes; appliqued figures; (a) Bird Hunt (46.0x69.0) white background; bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 2 hunters, pink and black, with blue weapons; one hunter pulling 2 pink fish; blue bird on black patch; tail and back legs of animal with black patch brc; blue knit loops at each corner; (b) Caribou Hunt; (46.0x69.0) white background, bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 3 hunters, pink and black; 2 black dogs, one pulling a sled; pink caribou with arrow in shoulder, bleeding from wound and mouth; blue knit loops at each corner.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.11 a,b
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Hunter with Two Ivory Bears
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone; ivory; bone; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.42 a-e
- Description
- Mottled green stone for the base is shaped with a ledge. (a) Lower base has 2 holes drilled for the man. (b) The man is dressed in full parka , his face is carved out of ivory and set into parka, carved features with red orange markings. Both hands have a hole drilled through, no fingers. The t…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Hunter with Two Ivory Bears
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone; ivory; bone; sinew
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 6.2 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- Mottled green stone for the base is shaped with a ledge. (a) Lower base has 2 holes drilled for the man. (b) The man is dressed in full parka , his face is carved out of ivory and set into parka, carved features with red orange markings. Both hands have a hole drilled through, no fingers. The two bears are carved out of ivory. Both have carved features with black and claws in black. (d) One is sitting and looking over his left shoulder, (c) the other is standing on his back legs, he has a hole drilled in right chest. The bow (e) is slightly curved with notched both ends to which is tied a long piece of very thin sinew. It appears that a spear is missing.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.42 a-e
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Ivory kayak scene
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsui.06.01
- Artist
- Suitak
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- SuI.06.01
- Description
- The flat bone base is used to depict water in this piece.The base is medium brown in color and rectangular in shape. On the base is an ivory kayak sitting on an angle with the back tip at the back righthand corner. There is a spear tied down to the top of the kayak and in the kayak sits a male figu…
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- Artist
- Suitak
- Title
- Ivory kayak scene
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 3.4 x 3.6 x 13.6 cm
- Description
- The flat bone base is used to depict water in this piece.The base is medium brown in color and rectangular in shape. On the base is an ivory kayak sitting on an angle with the back tip at the back righthand corner. There is a spear tied down to the top of the kayak and in the kayak sits a male figure with a paddle in both hands ready for action. There is a ivory caribou swimming to the front and left of the kayak.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- SuI.06.01
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- Artist
- Kutoks
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- KuT.06.01 a-c
- Description
- The stone used in this piece is gray green in color. The kayak has a smooth finish and two bone spears (2.0 cm) tied to it along the length. In the kayak is a male figure wearing a parka with the hood up. The mans arms are outstretched in front and he is holding a paddle. The bone paddle is 16.5 cm…
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- Artist
- Kutoks
- Title
- Man in kayak
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 3.6 x 26.2 cm
- Description
- The stone used in this piece is gray green in color. The kayak has a smooth finish and two bone spears (2.0 cm) tied to it along the length. In the kayak is a male figure wearing a parka with the hood up. The mans arms are outstretched in front and he is holding a paddle. The bone paddle is 16.5 cm in length.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- KuT.06.01 a-c
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.44 a,b
- Description
- green stone; man holding fish over head; (a) man 9.0x4.2x3.3; standing, knees slightly bent; arms straight up from shoulders; fingers indicated right hand; both hands open, holes in centre; (b) fish 2.8x6.5x1.2; carved and incised features; hole in centre; piece of bone ca .2 goes into holes in ha…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Man with Fish
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 6.8 cm
- Description
- green stone; man holding fish over head; (a) man 9.0x4.2x3.3; standing, knees slightly bent; arms straight up from shoulders; fingers indicated right hand; both hands open, holes in centre; (b) fish 2.8x6.5x1.2; carved and incised features; hole in centre; piece of bone ca .2 goes into holes in hand and fish.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.44 a,b
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North American Ski Championships
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.06.03
- Date
- 1949
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.06.03
- Description
- A loosely rendered skier, skiing the North American continent on a sphere 59.0 cm diameter on a black, square wood base.
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- Title
- North American Ski Championships
- Date
- 1949
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 24.5 cm
- Description
- A loosely rendered skier, skiing the North American continent on a sphere 59.0 cm diameter on a black, square wood base.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.06.03
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Polar Bear Hunt
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.08.08
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- wool
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.08
- Description
- The scene in this wall hanging is of a male figure hunting a polar bear. The man is in the top left hand corner and he is holding a spear in his right hand ready to kill the bear. One polar bear is in the center of the wall hanging and the other is just above him heading in the other direction. Th…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Polar Bear Hunt
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- wool
- Dimensions
- 53.5 x 63.0 cm
- Description
- The scene in this wall hanging is of a male figure hunting a polar bear. The man is in the top left hand corner and he is holding a spear in his right hand ready to kill the bear. One polar bear is in the center of the wall hanging and the other is just above him heading in the other direction. The four dogs are on three sides of the polar bear. The edges of the wall hanging are stitched with a criss cross in fibre colours yellow and brown. All the figures are cut out shapes and are all stitched on with a fibre thread.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.08
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Sealskin Hunter and Bear
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.08.18
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- fur; seal; grass; skin; wood
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.18
- Description
- A male figure wearing a parka is standing over a polar bear that he has shot. The figure is holding a wood rifle in his left hand. The parka and polar bear are made from seal fur. The polar bear is a beige color and the man's parka is a medium brown color. Both the man and the bear are placed on a …
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Sealskin Hunter and Bear
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- fur; seal; grass; skin; wood
- Dimensions
- 20.5 cm
- Description
- A male figure wearing a parka is standing over a polar bear that he has shot. The figure is holding a wood rifle in his left hand. The parka and polar bear are made from seal fur. The polar bear is a beige color and the man's parka is a medium brown color. Both the man and the bear are placed on a woven grass circle. The man has painted black features and a skin fringe hanging from the edges of his parka. The polar bear has painted features and an open mouth.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.18
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- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BiR.04.01
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a pond, tall reeds bottom left and trees on the bank centre right; some ducks on the water, some setting down and two flying by. Below the print in the bottom right corner is a smaller picture 3.5 x 6.0 of two men standing in a pond, one has a gun at hip level and a pipe in…
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- Title
- Settin’ Down
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 40.7 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a pond, tall reeds bottom left and trees on the bank centre right; some ducks on the water, some setting down and two flying by. Below the print in the bottom right corner is a smaller picture 3.5 x 6.0 of two men standing in a pond, one has a gun at hip level and a pipe in his mouth, the other is in the forefront setting down a decoy, he has 2 others under his left arm.
- Credit
- Gift of Cyril Paris, Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- BiR.04.01
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